Set in 1993 North Philadelphia, follow 12-year-old Kevin Hart, whose wild imagination and unshakable optimism constantly collide with his neighborhood's harsh realities. At the same time, his no-nonsense mother Nancy juggles night shifts as an E.R. nurse while waging a one-woman war to keep Kev on track – no easy feat with his mischievous older brother Robert blazing all the wrong trails, his trainwreck father Henry's outrageous attempts to win Nancy back, and his ex-con uncle Richard Jr.'s questionable life advice.
Episode 1
Kev uses Uncle Richard's jail ball antics at basketball tryouts and accidentally starts a riot, so Nancy decides to scare him straight with a visit to her job at the ER.
Episode 2
Kev's plan to go to his crush Rhe Rhe's party is thwarted when he gets stuck babysitting Uncle Richard's two rowdy kids; Nancy goes to a spoken word poetry night with Marisol.
Episode 3
When the community pool closes, smooth-talking city council candidate Coleman Bridges proves unhelpful, so Kev schemes for Henry to run against Coleman.
Episode 4
Uncle Richard is put in charge of the boys while Nancy takes a risk visiting a new hair salon; when Kev and Robert's troublemaking plans go awry, Richard and Henry clean up the mess.
Episode 5
Inspired by Rev. Mooney's sermon, Kev and Nancy try to prove each other wrong as they help their racist elderly neighbor; Richard thinks Miss Green is avoiding him.
Episode 6
Kev's class completes a read-a-thon challenge, but with a logbook tracking their progress stolen and their pizza party at risk, the class holds a mock trial to catch the thief; Nancy and Marisol devise a plan to save their endangered hospital.
Episode 7
Nancy and Henry head to Baltimore to reclaim their Spades glory from years past, and find their relationship spark reignited; nervous Kev gets the attention of a girl, and Richard's plans to spend a quiet weekend with Miss Green are crashed.
Episode 8
Nancy freaks on her birthday when she learns she's not turning 39, but 40; her friend Loretta arrives to take her out for one last crazy night; Kev and Henry trail them to keep Nancy away from other men; Richard helps Robert make a prison cake.
Episode 9
Nancy offers to watch Dirty Dante, and finds she enjoys mothering the grateful kid; Kev takes advantage of Nancy being distracted and gets into trouble staying out late; Richard suspects Miss Green is losing interest in him since he's gone straight.
Episode 10
Kev starts a swim team with new kid Brian; Nancy hosts a dinner for Coleman to discuss the growing crime problems; surprising Nancy, Henry also arrives for dinner to win her back; more folks crash the dinner, leaving Nancy frantic as chaos ensues.
